Bordel is a hidden, craft-cocktail bar distinguished by eclectic interiors stirred by pulp imagery from the 60s & 70s and the bohemian spirit that inspired the first modern cabarets in the Latin Quarter of Paris.  
To create a local bar with a focus on elevating the craft of the cocktail Daniel teamed up with Bar Manager Marissa Huth and beverage mavens Brian Sturgulewski, Alex Renshaw and Clint Rogers of The Dogma Group. Their hard work and creativity resulted in one of Chicago's favorite new speakeasies.

 

Our current cocktail menu was inspired by the novel, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM. This hard-hitting novel published in 1949 told the story of a low-level hustler and card dealer, Frankie Machine, who returns home from World War II to one of the toughest neighborhoods in the country: Chicago’s Division Street.